Word: mexicanized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chicago Correspondent Roberto Suro took advantage of his own Hispanic background. Entering a ramshackle tavern in the city's largest Mexican neighborhood, he was at first rebuffed by a bartender. Says Suro: "When I told him my name and began to speak Spanish, he warmed up and even encouraged his customers to tell me about their experiences...
There have been reports that Oswald, when seeking his visa to Cuba, told Cuba's Mexican Consul, Eusebio Azcue, of his plans to kill Kennedy and that the information was relayed to Castro, who did not take it seriously. This was contained in a National Enquirer article by British Journalist Comer Clark. Castro scoffed at the report as fictitious. Azcue recalled Oswald as having been "discourteous" when his visa application was rejected but said that they never talked about Kennedy. Nonetheless, the House committee staff cryptically reported to the Congressmen that "the substance of the Clark article is supported...
...Stephen Koss once taught "English History: 1760 to the Present." Now he presides over "The Political Culture of Modern Britain," and students flock to it in small whole numbers. At Southern Oregon State College, astronomy is known as "Outer Space." The University of Montana has christened a course on Mexican history "Cow Chips and Revolution...
Eugenio Anguiano, Mexican diplomat and former ambassador to China...
...offered their services as mediators. So did the ambassadors of Costa Rica and Panama. They quickly reported back with the guerrillas' demands: 1) the release of 59 political prisoners; 2) $10 million; 3) repeated broadcasts over government radio of an almost two-hour-long Sandinista communiqué; and 4) Venezuelan, Mexican or Panamanian planes to escort them from the country...